Minimizing the Operational Footprint

Avon strives to minimize the environmental impacts resulting from its operations across the business enterprise. There is a focus on:

• Greenhouse gas reduction and energy conservation
• Material reuse, waste minimization and recycling practices
• Water use reduction
• Sustainable building practices

The company also works to minimize its impacts through the design and construction of green facilities, as captured by the company's Green Building Promise, which ensures that all new facilities are constructed to certified green standards, such as the Shanghai R&D Center shown here.

In 2008, Avon met or exceeded nearly every one of its 2004 environmental goals. Moving forward, Avon established new short-term goals for 2012 and long-term targets for 2020.

Avon also voluntarily files each year with the Carbon Disclosure Project, and these filings have been available for public review for several years.

Avon is also committed to the highest standards of operations in our Supply Chain.